Book 2: Chapter 394: The Birth of Evil (11) |
<The Birth of Evil (11)>
Cale contacted someone for the first time in a long while before returning to RPOG.
“Are you busy?”
Alberu and Rosalyn peeked at Cale before looking away.
Ooooooooong.
The answer came immediately.
< Very busy. >
It was the God of Death.
Cale looked into the mirror and could tell that the God of Death was truly busy because he did not answer frivolously.
Oo, ooooong-
The mirror oddly vibrated.
<...Did you do something? >
The message seemed full of anticipation.
Cale chuckled and opened his mouth.
“ I guess Choi Jung Soo didn't contact you?”
Oooong.
< Those guys don't tell me everything anymore. Those petty bastards. They don’t know who took care of everything so that they could live so freely. >
‘Those guys.’
He should be talking about Choi Jung Soo and Sui Khan.
The two were still in Aipotu, taking care of the things that were being missed now that Cale and Eruhaben were not there.
‘And the Demon World for Choi Jung Soo with the God of Chaos for the team leader.’
They were stealthily gathering information about those two sides. He could leave it to them because they both had connections to the World of the Gods.
“Mm.”
Cale contemplated for a moment before looking away from the mirror to look at Choi Sun Hee, who was organizing documents.
“Secretary Choi-nim.”
“Yes. Commander-nim.”
Alberu and Rosalyn… And Cale…
The three of them would not be able to pay attention to this side once they were inside RPOG.
“I'm going to be sending two people to come here soon.”
Earth 3 was in quite an important period of time as it was slowly headed toward greater chaos.
Of course, Cale thought that the House of Transparent would start moving again if the situation called for it, but…
It was not yet time.
"The two of them are quite talented, so they should be very helpful to you.”
People who should be more familiar with this situation called ‘Earth,’ more than anybody else.
“For anything that requires strength of manual labor, Choi Jung Soo.”
“Roger that.”
“Sui Khan. You can leave anything brain-related to that person.”
“Yes. I understand, sir.”
Choi Jung Soo and team leader Lee Soo Hyuk.
It was possible that these two would adjust to Earth even better than Cale did, being of great assistance to Choi Sun Hee.
Especially Sui Khan-
‘Well, nothing needs to be said.’
He was one of the people who built the foundation of a group in a world that was slowly being destroyed by monsters.
He should be the best to deal with the chaotic state of Earth 3.
Cale looked back at the mirror.
“I'll give you a brief explanation of everything that has happened, so listen carefully.”
Ooooooong!
< Ooooooong! I'm super excited! >
‘…Him acting cute is annoying.’
Cale held back once and started speaking.
“Haaaaaaaaa. It shouldn’t be something that strongly affects your side over in the World of the Gods, but… I thought it would still be good for you to know about it. It isn't a big deal, but just keep it in mind.”
Cale started with that and explained everything that had happened.
Alberu and Rosalyn were looking at him with disbelief, but Cale didn't know.
“…And that’s what happened.”
Oo, oo, oooooo……
The mirror oddly vibrated.
< Y, you, you crazy bastard……!>
The mirror started vibrating intensely.
Ooooooooong! Ooooooong! Oooooooong!
It was so intense that Cale wondered if it would break.
< Y, you, really, wow, you really are the best! >
< Kahahahahaha! >
< I knew I was a genius for choosing you! Kahahaha! >
Cale’s face turned serious.
“Have you gone crazy?”
His face turned extremely disrespectful as he looked down at the mirror.
Ooooooooong……
< Sob. >
‘Ah, should I really destroy this thing?’
Cale contemplated it but held back.
"Since I've created a field like this for you, you gods play or fight or do whatever you need to do.”
Ooooooooong-
< Yeah. To be honest with you, we've actually been at a stalemate without any progress for a bit. More gods are starting to side with the God of Chaos. It has the God of Balance running around like a lunatic, but... There are also talks about how all of this happened because the God of Balance was unable to do her job properly, and that we should strip her of her position as our representative. >
Ooooooooong-
< Some people are also saying that ancient gods in general are pretty useless. They want to create a new group of head gods along with a new system. Just so you know, I am one of the gods being considered- >
“Enough.”
Cale shook his head from side to side.
“What happens in the World of the Gods is none of my business. >
He sounded firm.
"I'm going to deal with the Hunters and the omnipotent god and nothing else. The rest is for the Divine World, Demon World, and you guys to figure out.“
Ooooooooong.
The mirror gently vibrated.
< But will that really be the case? >
‘This bastard-’
Cale’s eyebrows rose up.
Oooong.
< Pfft. >
‘I knew the God of Death is annoying.’
Cale turned the mirror's screen off.
Ooooooooong-
< S, sorry! I won’t make fun of you! Please tell me some more! >
Cale naturally ignored that message.
He held back twice already; he had no reason to do a third time.
“Shall we go now?”
Cale smiled at the others who were looking at him and asked.
“Yeah. Let’s go.”
“…….”
Rosalyn nodded silently while Alberu let out a quiet sigh.
‘Ah.’
Cale suddenly remembered something.
It was a memory that came up after speaking to the God of Death for the first time in a long while.
The information the God of Death had given him…
< His father’s name came up on the list of people to die in six months. >
Alberu Crossman.
His father, the current King of Roan, Zed Crossman.
He had come up on the death note. (TL: Sorry, had to do it.)
“Hmm?”
‘Now that I think about it-’
“What is it?”
Alberu looked at Cale with confusion and Cale scowled.
< It is exactly as I stated. The King of Roan appeared on the list of people to die. A name appears on the list of people to die six months before the person's death, giving important information relating to it. >
“Does the time and place of their death appear?’
< Yeah. However, I can't tell his location because it is continuously changing. >
‘Where does it say he is right now?’
He had that conversation with the God of Death as well.
‘You have no intention of giving me the information before I find Choi Jung Gun?’
< No.>
< I am doing something I should not be doing in my position. I can't give that info to you so easily. I also need some time to prepare in order to give this information to you. >
‘I keep my word.’
< In a little bit. I will contact you again around the time you are returning to Roan. >
That had been when Cale was in the Central Plains.
‘And-’
‘That motherfucker didn't tell me the location.’
It was understandable since the World of the Gods ended up in chaos after that. Cale was also at fault for not remembering.
“Your highness.”
“What is it?”
“Half a year. Not much time is left until then.”
It was half a year when they were in the Central Plains, so…
Those six months were almost up.
‘Choi Jung Gun.’
And Zed Crossman.
The two of them basically had the same amount of time left to live.
“…….”
Alberu understood even without Cale giving him more information.
“I'll find out the location soon. We will head there immediately.”
They had thrown a bomb in Earth 3 so the Transparent Bloods now had to focus on stabilizing their position here instead of on the omnipotent god.
It meant that Cale's group managed to buy themselves some time.
“Haaaaaaaaaa-”
Alberu just sighed and did not say anything else.
He then opened his mouth after a long while.
"Thanks.”
Cale gently patted Alberu's shoulder twice.
That was all that was needed.
* * *
Cale could see multiple quest windows fill his screen as soon as he entered the game.
“…….”
One quest window was the largest and filled Cale's view.
[Sub quest completed!]
A quest was finished.
Cale pulled down the other windows and looked at this one first.
[Sub quest : Let’s steal the special research report from the Transparent ©'s secret lab!]
The corners of Cale’s lips curled up.
Alberu and Rosalyn were not next to him.
They had all logged out from different locations.
[This is a special event where the reward will be based on the rate of completion!]
[Essential reward: Count Ruiphe's lost memories]
Tap. Tap.
Cale started to walk.
[*It is essential that you are with Count Ruiphe in order to receive the reward.]
‘That makes sense.
The essential reward is Count Ruiphe’s memories after all.’
Click.
Cale opened the door and walked in.
He opened the cotton candy door to a quiet bedroom.
“Ah.”
Aurora was inside.
She jumped up once she saw Cale.
“Umm-”
“Yes. I took care of it.”
“Ah!”
Aurora wasn’t able to say anything and just gasped in relief before plopping down on the ground.
Cale walked to the bed next to her.
“…….”
The second boss of the Third Evil, The Ghost of Darkness, Ruiphe…
The wealthiest Count of the Demon World was unconscious there.
– Finally! Our angel is about to be revived!
Cale ignored the cheapskate’s comments and pushed one of the buttons on the quest window.
[Do you wish to receive the reward for your completed quest?]
[Yes/No]
Cale pushed yes.
[Calculating completion rate]
The reward would be determined based on the completion rate.
[…F…E…D……]
Many letters started appearing on the screen.
Cale just quietly observed.
[…A……]
The rank passed A.
Smile.
The corners of Cale’s lips curled up.
‘Yeah. After creating that much chaos.’
How much results had they achieved after infiltrating a lab?
There was no way that the system, which kept an eye on the outside world, would not know.
[… S.……]
Cale slightly clenched his fists once he saw that letter.
“!”
It was at that moment.
Piiiiiiiiiiiiii—-
He suddenly heard a ringing in his head.
“Ugh!”
Cale subconsciously clenched his ears.
"Are you okay?”
Aurora approached in shock.
She didn't seem to hear the ringing.
Cale confirmed that he was the only one to hear it and flinched after looking at the quest window.
[Re, ward, @*($^, r, ank, @$@#$%-]
‘It hasn't done this in a while. Why is it doing this again?’
As Cale was flustered…
[@#% 7-]
BEEEEEEEEEP—
He heard the ringing again.
“Ugh!”
Cale curled forward.
This ringing was oddly repulsive to hear.
And-
“What the…?”
The screen turned red.
It was similar to the system's power that Cale saw when the Red Hand tried to squash him.
– Cale, I have a bad feeling about this!
As the cheapskate shouted…
[#%^I wanted, @$%to, chat, @$%with you@#%]
‘Huh?’
Cale flinched.
This red screen…
These messed up messages…
“…Are you the system?”
Cale felt like he understood what was going on.
[#$(^Y,e@#%)]
The conversation did not go smoothly.
[#^*#$#^ You went beyond what I expected, @$% the results-]
“I managed to create results much greater than you expected, so you wanted to chat?”
Of course, Cale understood what the system was trying to say.
[Long @#%conversation, @#$%]
“Okay. A long conversation is difficult. You can just let me know about your existence like this. Send The AI, One, next time. We can chat through him.”
Cale stopped there and extended his hand.
“So, what are you giving me as a reward?”
It was at that moment.
Beeeeeeep-
He heard a ringing in his mind again.
“Ugh! Please!”
Once Cale said that…
[^^]
‘Huh?’
The screen was smiling.
The system inside the red screen was smiling.
[Completion rate 300%!]
“Oh.”
[Justification: The Transparent Bloods, Demon World, and the God of Chaos. The fact that you managed to harm all three groups is considered extremely amazing. I feel so refreshed!]
For some odd reason, the screen did not look like the normal screens in RPOG.
[The essential reward is being distributed!]
Cale could see a small bottle that appeared on top of his palm.
The liquid inside it…
[Please pour it on Count Ruiphe’s forehead!]
The system was kind enough to share how to use it as well.
Cale did not move immediately.
He patiently waited.
[Extra reward!]
[Rank: SSS+++]
‘Hmm?’
Cale had never seen such a rank before.
[Extra reward!]
[A skill is distributed.]
‘Huh?
The reward is just one skill?’
As Cale was confused…
[Skill: Red Hand]
“Huh?”
Cale was truly flabbergasted.
“For real?”
[^^]
The red screen and the ringing disappeared with the smile.
The completed quest window disappeared and a different quest window popped up, but Cale did not see it because he blankly stared in the air before speaking.
“Ho-”
He couldn't believe it.
What was the Red Hand?
It was the power that tried to kill Cale when he first entered the game.
The Red Hand.
It was one of the omnipotent powers of the game that got rid of any issues that broke a rule of the game.
He just received that power as a skill.
The system said it was a reward.
“Wow.”
‘This is a jackpot.
I guess the system is really planning on supporting me?’
“Ha, haha-”
Cale subconsciously started laughing.
He saw the skill explanation.
[Once the skill is used, there will be a ‘judgment with the system’ to make a ‘determination’ to receive ‘permission’ to activate the ‘Red Hand.’]
There was one other thing listed on there, almost like a postscript.
[*Understanding that an omnipotent god already exists in New World would make it easier to gain permission in the ‘determination’ phase.]
“Of course.”
An omnipotent god already exists in New World.
The System.
Yes.
‘You are the omnipotent god.’
Cale looked at the rank of the skill.
[Skill: Red Hand (Rank: God)]
“Wow.”
Rank SSS+++
As his reward, Cale received an omnipotent weapon that the god, who was basically the game itself, possessed. He could potentially use this weapon as necessary based on the situation.
“Ha, haha……?”
Cale started laughing before seeing a different quest window.
He then flinched.
[Recovery rate 99.31% (Remaining time: 23 hours 19 minutes)]
[Birth Ceremony Progression 159%]
[Reward rank undetermined]
“Huh?”
‘How did the birth ceremony progression pass 100%?
Is that even possible?’
“Fuck.”
‘What the fuck did that bastard Clopeh do?’
Cale could feel his heart beating wildly.
It was the moment he realized that something he could not handle was coming his way.
Knock knock knock.
He heard someone knock at that moment.
“Human, the crown prince told me you were here!”
He heard Raon's voice.
“Cale-nim. I'm here as well.”
He then heard Clopeh's gentle voice.
“!”
Cale felt like his heart sank down.
Clopeh's voice sounded extremely joyful. He could feel that Clopeh was very happy.
Something big had happened.
“…This is driving me nuts.”
Cale clenched his eyes shut.
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